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The Escapee Program covert aims in Cold War era Ireland
A declassified file from the International Tracing Service reveals the Escapee Program begun in 1952 to rehabilitate Eastern European refugees but also used them for intelligence gathering and propaganda. AP reporters describe thousands of names and case files, with some escapees offered money to spy or return home for operations like REDSOX, while others fled and rebuilt lives in the United States.
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Bad Arolsen
Germany
Europe
Harry Truman
U.S
International Tracing Service
United States
Associated Press
West
ITS
Miloslav K
Czechoslovakia
New York City
Prague
Miloslav
CIA
Sarah-Jane Corke
Truman
Corke
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Jim Wertheimer
Zdenek Wolf